Judge Denies Boyland’s Request to be Released on Bond

A federal judge on Tuesday denied former New York State Assemblyman William Boyland Jr.’s request to be released on a $1 million bond package while he awaits sentencing in June after being convicted early this month of 21 felonies related to public corruption.

The judge said under the sentencing guidelines Mr. Boyland faces at least 10 years and one month and up to 12 years and 7 months in prison as a result of his March 5 conviction for 21 felony counts, including soliciting bribes and attempted extortion charges, which stem from an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation sting.

The judge said Mr. Boyland is divorced and that his mother and father, who was Brooklyn’s 55th District’s assemblyman for two decades before his son succeeded him 2003 , have retired to North Carolina. With limited ties to the area, Judge Townes said, Mr. Boyland “has failed to convince this court by clear and convincing evidence that he will not flee.”